1. Start School Later: Health, Safety, and Equity in Education

   • "Too-early school start times are a national public health concern with consequences impacting children, families, and the community at large... Restoring traditional school start times, as recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Association, and the Centers for Disease Control, is a practical and necessary solution with broad and immediate benefits for children of all ages."

2. Radio Health Journal: Why the Opposition to Later School Start Times?

   • Interviews with Dr. Wendy Troxel, Senior Behavioral and Social Scientist at Rand Corp. and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh, and Dr.Terra Ziporyn Snider, Executive Director and co-founder of Start School Later.

3. TED Talk: Why School Should Start Later For Teens

   • Dr. Wendy Troxel, Senior Behavioral and Social Scientist at Rand Corp. and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh, discusses the impact of sleep deprivation in teens.

4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Schools Start Too Early

   • Provides guidelines for how parents and school officials can improve student performance and sleep schedules​.

5. Psychology Today: Do Later School Start Times Really Help High School Students?

   • Despite "some potential negative effects associated with later start times and longer sleep periods... increasing numbers of studies conducted in various parts of the country show that a change in the start time of the school day can make a significant positive change in the lives of student."​

6. USA Today: If later school start times are better, why aren't they more popular?

   • Offers differing perspectives from Germantown, Tennessee residents after they implemented later school start times. ​

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